Adal Chiriliuc wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 9, 2004 kfogel@collab.net wrote:
>
>> 1) Add a configuration option that says whether to look for ".svn"
>> or "_svn". It's up to the user to set this option.
>
>
> I like this version. But if we'll change it, consider also this issue.
>
> I suggest also supporting "svn" (no . or _) Why? Folders starting with
> "." or "_" on Windows are like shell scripts named "config.exe" with
> the x attribute set on Linux. I bet that some Win32 users would like
> their folders to be named simply "svn".
>
> This is only a light suggestion. Feel free to discard it.
I don't use VS.NET and am unlikely to start doing so. I wouldn't like
to see a second (or more) wc directory name appear in common use. Tools
and scripts can currently check for .svn to see if they're in a wc.
With java and most scripting languages available on windows, *nix and
more, scripts want to be usable cross-platform. It'd be bad if these
had to start doing multiple checks in every directory just to determine
they're not currently in a wc.
The workaround of a simple recompile seemed a reasonable compromise.
Though it now looks as though it's causing difficulties. Whatever the
solution I think it should require enough conscious effort on the part
of the user that it doesn't become common practise for windows WCs to be
different from other platforms.
Also, as I understand it _svn is preferred by many windows users due to
the listing order of the explorer shell. If I remember correctly, in
the past the wc name changed from 'SVN' partly due to problems on
windows within working copies of the svn sources.
Yours,
John
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Received on Tue Mar 9 01:16:43 2004